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Trade Wars: the End of Globalisation?

.What does Trump's abandonment of the TPP mean for global trade deals?

Donald Trump has promised to tear up the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal – or TPP – on his first day in office. The massive trade deal agreed in 2015 would have lowered tariffs and deepened economic ties between twelve countries, which together cover 40% of the world’s economy. The demise of the TPP comes as other global trade deals, such as the TTIP between the US and EU, face calls to be dropped or renegotiated. On this week’s Newshour Extra, Owen Bennett Jones and his guests discuss why there is now such a backlash against multi-country trade deals, and whether this marks an end to the steady progress of globalisation.

(Photo: People hold signs as they demonstrate against the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Credit: Nicholas Kamm/Getty Images)

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50 minutes

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Sat 26 Nov 2016 04:06GMT

Contributors

Dr Swarti Dhingra - specialist in international trade and investment at the London School of Economics

Marietje Schaake - Dutch member of European parliament. Member of the Parliamentary Committee on International Trade and Vice-Chair for the EU Delegation for relations with the United States

Mark Dearn - the senior trade campaigner at War on Want, an anti-poverty campaign group

Wendy Cutler - former Deputy US Trade Representative

Theo Leggatt - 91Èȱ¬ Business News Reporter

Carrie Gracie - 91Èȱ¬ China Editor

Broadcasts

  • Fri 25 Nov 2016 09:06GMT
  • Fri 25 Nov 2016 12:06GMT
  • Fri 25 Nov 2016 23:06GMT
  • Sat 26 Nov 2016 04:06GMT

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